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02/26/13

Public Safety Month: Immersive Video Intelligence Network (IVIN)

By Lyndsey Kleven

For a firefighter responding to a fire on the statehouse lawn, it is relatively easy to arrive at the location and spot the danger. A lot of outdoor technology options are available for anyone to use, ranging from a simple Google Map search to pinpointing the longitude and latitude with ArcGIS (mapping and spatial analysis tool).
For public safety forces, entering a building can be risky and unsafe without knowing what hazards lay ahead. Knowing what’s behind the exterior of a building shouldn’t add to the risk of entering an already dangerous situation, yet little technology has been developed for interiors. John Bowditch, director of the...

02/25/13

Location, Location, Location: Enhancing Public Safety with GIS

By COH Staff

February is Public Safety Month at Connected Nation (CN). In addition to objectives of expanding broadband and technology awareness and adoption throughout local communities, CN is also working to highlight the use of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) in various public safety agencies. Location is everything during an emergency; GIS provides the functionality to collect and manage large databases while in a fast-paced decision-making environment.
GIS analysis and maps are used for everything from developing the public safety network to tracking criminal activity or emergency response routes. With the increases in technological...

02/21/13

Ohio Broadband Landscape 2013

By Lyndsey Kleven

Ohio’s Broadband Landscape 2013
In Connect Ohio’s efforts to increase Internet access, adoption, and use, our research and efforts have been developed into a report on Ohio’s Broadband Landscape for 2013.
Approximately 6.3 million adults in Ohio subscribe to home broadband service. This mean 71% of Ohio adults have a home broadband subscription, an increase of five percentage points from 2011 and above the national average of 66%.
Connect Ohio’s broadband mapping has validated coverage for 102 broadband providers, indicating that 97.6% of Ohio households have access to at least 3 Mbps download speed.
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02/20/13

National Broadband Map, Two-Year Anniversary

By COH Staff

February 17, 2013, marked the two-year anniversary of the National Broadband Map (NBM), a tool to search, analyze, and map broadband availability across the United States. The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) created and maintains the NBM, populating it with broadband datasets collected and submitted by states and territories for the State Broadband Initiative (SBI) grant program. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has also been contributing to the development and update of the NBM.
The continued update and use of the NBM for economic development, federal policy, broadband expansion, as well...